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#IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024
Campaign Update, December 2016
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October 2016
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July 2016
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April 2016
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2015 Campaign Updates
I Am Here, I Belong: The Urgent Need to End Childhood Statelessness
, UNHCR, 3 November 2015 (also available in
Spanish
&
French
)
Global Action Plan to End Statelessness
, UNHCR, 4 November 2014
Special Report – Ending Statelessness
, UNHCR, 4 November 2014 (also available in
French
)
Good Practices Paper - Action 1: Resolving Existing Major Situations of Statelessness
, UNHCR, 23 February 2015
Good Practices Paper - Action 3: Removing Gender Discrimination from Nationality Laws
, UNHCR, 6 March 2015 (also available in
French
)
Good Practices Paper – Action 6: Establishing Statelessness Determination Procedures to Protect Stateless Persons
, UNHCR, 11 July 2016
Good Practices Paper – Action 9: Acceding to the UN Statelessness Conventions
, UNHCR, 28 April 2015
Campaign Website
Recent Accessions to the Statelessness Conventions
Guinea-Bissau
, 1954 & 1961 Conventions, 19 September 2016
Mali
, 1954 & 1961 Conventions, 27 May 2016
Sierra Leone
, 1954 & 1961 Conventions, 9 May 2016
Italy
, 1961 Convention, 1 December 2015
Belize
, 1961 Convention, 14 August 2015
Turkey
, 1954 Convention, 26 March 2015
El Salvador
, 1954 Convention, 9 February 2015
Peru
, 1954 Convention, 23 January 2014; 1961 Convention, 18 December 2014
Argentina
, 1961 Convention, 13 November 2014
Niger
, 1954 Convention, 7 November 2014
Mozambique
, 1954 & 1961 Conventions, 1 October 2014
Colombia
, 1961 Convention, 15 August 2014
Guinea
, 1961 Convention, 17 July 2014
Belgium
, 1961 Convention, 1 July 2014
Gambia
, 1954 & 1961 Conventions, 1 July 2014
Georgia
, 1954 Convention, 23 December 2011; 1961 Convention, 1 July 2014
Paraguay
, 1954 Convention, 1 July 2014; 1961 Convention, 6 June 2012
List of
1954 Convention States Parties
&
1961 Convention States Parties
&
Map of States parties to the 1954 & 1961 Conventions
Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons - Pledges 2011
(also available in
French
)
Draft Overview of Pledges [Extracts Relating to Statelessness]
, 1 August 2013
National Legislation Relating to Nationality, Citizenship and Statelessness
National Legislation Relating to Nationality, Citizenship and Statelessness
Legal Documents Related to Statelessness
Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
, 28 September 1954
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
, 30 August 1961
Travaux Préparatoires of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
Calls for accession to the statelessness conventions by the UN General Assembly and international and regional bodies
, July 2013
Extracts relating to nationality and statelessness from selected universal and regional human rights instruments
, November 2009
International Law Commission Articles on Nationality of Natural Persons in relation to the Succession of States
, 3 April 1999
Extracts of selected General Comments and Recommendations of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies relating to nationality and statelessness
, November 2009
General recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women
, CEDAW/C/GC/32, 5 November 2014
United Nations General Assembly Resolutions of particular relevance to statelessness and nationality
, updated 16 May 2014
Human Rights Council resolutions relating to nationality and statelessness
(from 2006)
Commission on Human Rights resolutions on arbitrary deprivation of nationality
(until 2006)
Compilation of recommendations relating to statelessness made during the first cycle (1st - 12th sessions) of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review
, 11 July 2013
Compilation of recommendations relating to statelessness made during the Second Cycle (13th - 16th sessions) of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review
, 11 July 2013
Statement on Parliamentary Action in Support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Refugee Protection
, 20 April 2011
Africa
UNHCR & ECOWAS,
Abidjan Declaration of Ministers of ECOWAS Member States on Eradication of Statelessness
, 25 February 2015 (also available in
French
)
UNHCR & ECOWAS,
Conclusion and Recommendations of the Ministerial Conference on Statelessness in the ECOWAS Region
, 25 February 2015 (also available in
French
)
African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child,
General Comment on Article 6 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
, 16 April 2014 (also available in
French
)
Banjul Appeal on Statelessness
, 6 December 2013
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights,
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights: Resolution on the Right to Nationality
, 23 April 2013
African Union,
Recommendations of the African Union Symposium on "Citizenship in Africa: Preventing Statelessness, Preventing Conflicts"
, 24 October 2012
Americas
Brazil Declaration and Plan of Action: A Framework for Cooperation and Regional Solidarity to Strengthen the International Protection of Refugees, Displaced and Stateless Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean
, 3 December 2014 (also available in
French
,
Spanish
&
Portuguese
)
Organization of American States Resolutions on Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons in the Americas
Europe
Council of Europe,
European Convention on Nationality
, 6 November 1997
Council of Europe,
Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in Relation to State Succession
, 15 March 2006
European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2016 on human rights and migration in third countries
, European Union: European Parliament, 25 October 2016
Conclusions of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States on Statelessness
, European Union: Council of the European Union, 4 December 2015
Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers,
Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Avoidance and Reduction of Statelessness
Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly,
Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly, Resolutions, Recommendations and Reports on nationality
Statelessness Policy and Doctrine
Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons
, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 30 June 2014
Guidelines on Statelessness No. 4: Ensuring Every Child's Right to Acquire a Nationality through Articles 1-4 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
, HCR/GS/12/04, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 21 December 2012
Expert Meeting - The Concept of Stateless Persons under International Law ("Prato Conclusions")
, May 2010
Expert Meeting - Expert Meeting - Statelessness Determination Procedures and the Status of Stateless Persons ("Geneva Conclusions")
, December 2010
Expert Meeting - Interpreting the 1961 Statelessness Convention and Preventing Statelessness among Children: ("Dakar Conclusions")
, September 2011
Expert Meeting - Interpreting the 1961 Statelessness Convention and Avoiding Statelessness resulting from Loss and Deprivation of Nationality ("Tunis Conclusions")
, March 2014
UN Secretary-General (UNSG), Guidance Note of the Secretary General: The United Nations and Statelessness
, June 2011
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality: report of the Secretary-General
, December 2009
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality : report of the Secretary-General
, UN Human Rights Council, 19 December 2011
Human rights and arbitrary deprivation of nationality : report of the Secretary-General
, UN Human Rights Council, 19 December 2013
Report on discrimination against women on nationality related matters, including the impact on children : Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
, 15 March 2013
UNHCR and De Facto Statelessness
, April 2010
Resettlement of Non-Refugee Stateless Persons - Extract from the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook 2011
, July 2011
Climate Change and Statelessness: An Overview
, 20 May 2009
Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. Its History and Interpretation
, commentary by Nehemiah Robinson (Institute of Jewish Affairs, World Jewish Congress), 1955 (re-printed by the Division of International Protection, 1997)
UNHCR ExCom and Standing Committee
Conclusion on civil registration
, No.111(LXIV)-2013, 17 October 2013 (also available in
French
)
Executive Committee Conclusion No. 106 (LVI), 2006, Identification, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons
, 6 October 2006 (also available in
French
)
Executive Committee Conclusion No. 78 (XLVI), 1995, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons
, 20 October 1995 (also available in
French
)
Other Executive Committee Conclusions related to Statelessness
, updated July 2010
Update on statelessness
, Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, EC/66/SC/CRP.11, 3 June 2015
Note on statelessness
, Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, EC/64/SC/CRP.11, 4 June 2013
All Notes and Progress reports on UNHCR's statelessness activities
Extracts relating to UNHCR's supervisory responsibility for the statelessness conventions
Birth Registration: A Topic Proposed for an Executive Committee Conclusion on International Protection
, 9 February 2010
Other Documents Related to Statelessness
UNHCR Global Report 2012, chapter on statelessness
(also available in
French
)
UNHCR Global Appeal 2014-2015, chapter on statelessness
(also available in
French
)
All reports relating to statelessness by all sources
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Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2016
, 8 March 2016
UNHCR and the Kenya Human Rights Commission: Kenya Dialogue on Gender Equality, Nationality and Statelessness
, 23 March 2015
First Global Forum on Statelessness: New Directions in Research and Policy Key Outcomes
, 6 October 2014
UNHCR and CRTD. A Regional Dialogue on Gender Equality, Nationality and Statelessness: Overview and Key Findings
, January 2012
Refugee Status, Arbitrary Deprivation of Nationality, and Statelessness within the Context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees
, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, PPLA/2014/01, October 2014
Climate Change and the Risk of Statelessness: The Situation of Low-lying Island States
, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, PPLA/2011/04, 10 May 2011
Helping the World's Stateless People
, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, September 2011
Country and Region Specific Situations
Chapter 4 on Resolving Statelessness,
The State of the World's Refugees: In Search of Solidarity
, 2012
Africa
Statelessness and Nationality in Côte d'Ivoire - A Study for UNHCR
, December 2016
Citizenship Law in Africa: A Comparative Study
, Open Society Institute (OSI), Third Edition, January 2016
UNHCR & OSIWA : The West Africa Consultative Conference on 'the Right to a Nationality and Statelessness: Challenges and Opportunities', 28-30 September 2015
, 30 September 2015
UNHCR & IOM - Nationality, Migration and Statelessness in West Africa
, June 2015
UNHCR & ECOWAS, Summary of the Ministerial regional conference on statelessness in West Africa, 23-25 February 2015
, February 2015
African Commission on Human an Peoples' Rights - The Right to Nationality in Africa
, May 2014
Statelessness in Southern Africa
, 2012
Sudan Citizenship Symposium - Keynote Address by Ms. Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner - Protection, UNHCR
, November 2010,
Americas
Compatibility Of The 1954 Convention Relating To The Status Of Stateless Persons With Canada's Legal Framework And Its International Human Rights Obligations
, 2015
Statelessness in the Canadian Context : An updated discussion paper
, March 2012
Citizens of Nowhere: Solutions for the Stateless in the U.S.
, December 2012
Asia
Concluding Statement of the Fifth High-Level Steering Meeting On the Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic
, 27 November 2014
UN High Commissioner for Refugees and ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, Report of the ASEAN Regional Workshop on Statelessness and the Rights of Women and Children
, 19 November 2011
Small Changes - Big Gains: An Action Plan to Prevent and Reduce Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic
, 2010
Regional Expert Roundtable on Good Practices for the Identification, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and the Protection of Stateless Persons in South East Asia
, 2 March 2011
Good Practices: Addressing Statelessness in South East Asia
, 5 February 2011
Statelessness in Central Asia
, May 2011
Overview of Statelessness: International and Japanese Context
, April 2010,
A Place to Call Home: The Situation of Stateless Persons in the Kyrgyz Republic
, 2009
Note on the Nationality Status of the Urdu-speaking Community in Bangladesh
,17 December 2009
Europe
Persons at risk of statelessness in Serbia: Progress Report 2010-2015
, UNHCR, June 2016
Mapping Statelessness in Lithuania
, UNHCR, May 2016
Mapping Statelessness in Norway
, UNHCR, October 2015
Mapping Statelessness in Iceland
, UNHCR, December 2014
Mapping Statelessness in Finland
, UNHCR, November 2014
Mapping Statelessness in Malta
, UNHCR, November 2014
Scoping Paper: Statelessness in Ireland
, October 2014
No Child Should be Stateless
, European Network on Statelessness, September 2015
The Invisible Stateless Persons in Poland - Executive Summary
, The Halina Niec Legal Aid Center, December 2013
Mapping Statelessness in Belgium - Summary Report
, October 2012
Mapping Statelessness in the United Kingdom
, 22 November 2011
Mapping Statelessness in the Netherlands
, November 2011
Report on Statelessness in South Eastern Europe
, September 2011
Statelessness in Hungary: The Protection of Stateless Persons and the Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness
, December 2010
Middle East and North Africa
In Search of Solutions: Addressing Statelessness in the Middle East and North Africa
, UNHCR, 2016
Meeting Report: Regional Expert Meeting on the Human Rights of Stateless Persons in the Middle East and North Africa (Amman, 18-19 February 2010)
, UNHCR & OHCHR, November 2010
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What is Statelessness?
, UNHCR, 2016
UNHCR Action to Address Statelessness: A Strategy Note
, UNHCR, March 2010
Nationality and Statelessness: Handbook for Parliamentarians N° 22
, UNHCR/Inter-Parliamentary Union, July 2014 (also available in
French
)
Ensuring the right of all children to acquire a nationality: Connecting the Dots between the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
, UNHCR, 23 August 2013
Children and Statelessness: Information Package
, UNHCR, 23 August 2013
Under the Radar and Under Protected: The Urgent Need to Address Stateless Children's Rights
, UNHCR, June 2012
Statelessness determination procedures, Identifying and protecting stateless persons
, UNHCR, August 2014
The e-Learning course from UNHCR on Statelessness
, 2014
Self-Study Module on Statelessness
, UNHCR, 1 October 2012
Guidance document on measuring stateless populations
, UNHCR, May 2011
Measuring Statelessness through Population Census. Note by the Secretariat of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
, ECOSOC, ECE/CES/AC.6/2008/SP/5, 13 May 2008
Statelessness: An Analytical Framework for Prevention, Reduction and Protection
, UNHCR, 2008
Protecting the Rights of Stateless Persons: The 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
, UNHCR, March 2014
Preventing and Reducing Statelessness: The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
, UNHCR, March 2014
A Guide to Teaching on Statelessness
, UNHCR, September 2010
Statelessness Determination and the Protection Status of Stateless Persons
, European Network on Statelessness, 2013
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Statelessness: Who is stateless?
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